| East | W | L | Pct | GB |
| Toronto | 99 | 62 | .615 | -- |
| NY Yankees | 97 | 64 | .602 | 2.0 |
| Detroit | 84 | 77 | .522 | 15.0 |
| Baltimore | 83 | 78 | .516 | 16.0 |
| Boston | 81 | 81 | .500 | 18.5 |
| Milwaukee | 71 | 90 | .441 | 28.0 |
| Cleveland | 60 | 102 | .370 | 39.5 |
| Player | Pos | Age | Salary | Avg? | Lg Rank | |
| Dave Stieb | P | 27 | $ 913,636 | 54 | ||
| Doyle Alexander | P | 34 | $ 875,000 | 62 | ||
| Bill Caudill | P | 28 | $ 833,333 | 75 | ||
| Al Oliver | OF-1B | 38 | $ 750,000 | |||
| Damaso Garcia | 2B | 28 | $ 740,000 | |||
| Willie Upshaw | 1B | 28 | $ 730,000 | |||
| Cliff Johnson | 1B-C | 37 | $ 683,333 | |||
| Lloyd Moseby | OF-CF | 25 | $ 587,500 | |||
| Jim Clancy | P | 29 | $ 580,000 | |||
| Dennis Lamp | P | 32 | $ 535,000 | |||
| Gary Lavelle | P | 36 | $ 475,000 | |||
| Ernie Whitt | C | 33 | $ 370,000 | |||
| Buck Martinez | C | 36 | $ 356,300 | |||
| Jeff Burroughs | OF | 34 | $ 350,000 | |||
| George Bell | LF-OF | 25 | $ 335,000 | |||
| Jesse Barfield | RF-OF | 25 | $ 325,000 | |||
| Rance Mulliniks | 3B-SS | 29 | $ 325,000 | |||
| Garth Iorg | 3B-2B | 30 | $ 256,667 | |||
| Len Matuszek | 1B-OF | 30 | $ 185,000 | |||
| Jim Acker | P | 26 | $ 170,000 | |||
| Jimmy Key | P | 24 | $ 131,250 | |||
| Tony Fernandez | SS | 23 | $ 127,500 | |||
| Steve Nicosia | C | 28 | $ 105,000 | |||
| Willie Aikens | 1B | 30 | $ 60,000 | |||
| Gary Allenson | C | 30 | $ 60,000 | |||
| John Cerutti | P | 25 | $ 60,000 | |||
| Stan Clarke | P | 24 | $ 60,000 | |||
| Steve Davis | P | 24 | $ 60,000 | |||
| Cecil Fielder | 1B | 21 | $ 60,000 | |||
| Tom Filer | P | 28 | $ 60,000 | |||
| Kelly Gruber | 3B | 23 | $ 60,000 | |||
| Jeff Hearron | C | 23 | $ 60,000 | |||
| Tom Henke | P | 27 | $ 60,000 | |||
| Rick Leach | 1B-OF | 28 | $ 60,000 | |||
| Luis Leal | P | 28 | $ 60,000 | |||
| Manuel Lee | SS-2B | 20 | $ 60,000 | |||
| Ron Musselman | P | 30 | $ 60,000 | |||
| Ron Shepherd | OF | 24 | $ 60,000 | |||
| Lou Thornton | OF-LF | 22 | $ 60,000 | |||
| Mitch Webster | RF-LF | 26 | $ 60,000 |